About Me

Hi, Welcome to my Blog.
I'm an avid crafter; Scrapbooking, Cards, ATCs, Tags, Altered Books, Art Journaling, Décopatch, Knitting, Crochet, and Embroidery amongst other things. I live in Surrey, UK with my husband and son. For exercise I play badminton and I have been Geocaching since 2009 and now and again Pokémon Go. Recently I got back to Ballroom and Latin Dancing too. I run a UK based on-line papercraft group.

Wednesday, 16 January 2013

WOYWW #189 - Chronology

Oh how I love it when it gets to this time of the week where we share our desks, weeks crafting and new stash. It is never too soon for me to celebrate what we lovingly call WOYWW so a huge thank you to Julia our host for this mega mid-weekly blog hop.

So what have I been up to then? Well I went to visit some internet friends on Saturday and received a huge load of SWAP stash and I was also taken to the Oyster Stamps shop where I was quite reserved. However today was a tad different as I raided my local Do-Crafts stockist for their new Chronology Range. In fact I love the range so much I had to prise myself out of the shop!

Love Timmy's tag this month too so have made a second one in a different colourway and using some of my newly acquired Chronology Range. The 9 cog dies are super. One has Paisley type cutouts which just looked like a mustache to me so I just HAD to add that to my tag - LOL.

Oh and I made a couple of ATCs for my friends to remember our meet-up on Saturday too.

33 comments:

Hi BJ, what a bonanza week you've had so far. It's lovely to meet up with crafting friends - the stash looks super. Love you tag - the moustache is fab - and the Chronology stuff is gorgeous. I must admit too being quite taken with it too. Elizabeth x (no number yet)

What a fabulous post - full of the joys of crafting, shopping, sharing and swapping. Love the Chronology stuff too, and went a small step further than Anne - two stamps, and (something I've never bought before) a sheet of decoupage shapes.Love your turquoise-y TH tag and your butterfly ATCs are just fabulous! Happy WOYWW!Alison x#39

Awe BJ what a brilliant post my lovely. Your tags are divine as always sweetie, love them especially the Timmy one! Lol am off shopping tomorrow for a new raincoat at a large local shop that sells docrafts too, hmm have resisted the cog die so far but may yet crumble ha ha!!Huge hugs x x x x

BJ, I'm such a numpty!! I left the wrong message...no wonder you were confused!! Sigh...what am I like??My only excuse is that I was bleary eyed when I logged on this morning..it was too early and dark for any sane person to be up.....But your tag is still gorgeous!!LLJ xxxx

Yes I have had my eye on the Chronology stash too - they seem to have copied the Ranger Ideology stuff but much more affordable !Great tag ! Love the colours & the cogs etc ! Have a great week Ali x #8

Hi BJ...thanks for your vist and lovely welcome to my for first WOYWW too.. Love your workspace and stash.. Chronology stash is especially lovely - must get some... have a great week..happy crafting Gill x

Hi BJ, a tip for your die if the cogs don't want to come out- cut through a sheet of waxed paper ( I think I got mine in Tesco), it lubricates the die slightly, or rub with a tumble drier sheet, or with either a bar of soap or some beeswax.All these tips came up on Splitcoast Stampers forum when someone had a problem with intricate dies sticking. Tried out the waxed paper, soap & beeswax, and they do work. For the beeswax, you can usually get it in haberdashery- quilters use it for running thread over to stop it snagging, or you can use a genuine beeswax candle. Off to find the die now, lol! Hugs,Shaz.xx

Reserved? No way!! Am delighted to see tht DO Crafts have caught up with real trend..tht chronology range will do no end of sales in the wake of TH's grungy popularity, slightly better priced, huh!! Loving the tag, so nice to see this subject matter treated with COLOUR! Gorgeous,

I can see why you had a hard time resisting that Chronology line -- great stuff! Isn't it fun when a challenge (like 12 Tags) really sparks your creativity? I was going to make something for a challenge last night and it motivated me to get a little messy with an art journal page that I'm sure I wouldn't have made otherwise. Hurray for the Internet and all its inspiration. Happy WOYWW (on Thursday). ~ Laura #118 [Thanks for the visit.]

Wow what a lot of crafty goodness - love the tag and ATC's – I have not shared my desk this week as am busy looking after my friends cattery but am enjoying looking at everyone else craftiness – Have a great week